Stop the Bleeding
Hemostasis achieved by occluding severed vessels until platelet formation occurs.
What is mechanical hemostasis?
This piece of equipment is used to control bleeding from vascular structures and diffuse oozing of blood.
What is an Argon Beam Coagulator?
This sponge can help protect and pad delicate tissues and also can absorb fluids.
What is a laparotomy sponge?
This is a passive drain, but can be used for traction or as a tourniquet.
What is a penrose drain?
A dressing used directly on the incision.
What is a primary dressing?
A non-absorbable suture support that is used when there is a possibility of sutures tearing through the tissue.
What is a pledget?
This piece of equipment is capable of cutting and coagulating at the same time.
What is a laser?
This sponge is used on delicate structures such as nerves, the brain and spinal cord.
What are Cottonoids or Neuro-Patties?
This tube can be used to administer medications, gastric decompression or for short-term feeding.
What is a nasogastric tube?
Occlusive, gauze, hydrogel and pressure
What are basic types of dressings?
This hemostatic agent should be used sparingly and is contraindicated when rapid bone generation is desired.
What is bone wax?
This chemical should not be used with thrombin
What is oxidized cellulose? (Surgicel)
This sponge should not be used for wound dressings because they may appear as a foreign body on a post-op x-ray.
What is a ray-tec?
This drain is used to drain the common bile duct through the abdominal wall
What is a T-Tube?
What is a pressure dressing?
This method of hemostasis decreases cellular metabolism, thus decreasing the bleeding.
What is hypothermia?
Hemostatic products can be categorized as what 3 agents?
What are passive agents, active agents and flowable?
What is tonsil sponge?
This drain is used to drain accumulated blood and fluid from the operative site. It is an active drain.
What is a suction drain?
(Jackson-Pratt or Hemovac)
This dressing protects the wound and absorbs fluid
What is a gauze dressing?
This topical hemostatic agent is typically used with an absorbable gelatin sponge for hemostasis.
What is thrombin?
This hemostatic product can be made out of titanium or stainless steel and are available in small, medium, med-large and large sizes.
What is a ligating clip?
(Hemoclips)
This sponge is used for blunt dissection because they absorb fluid.
What is dissector sponges?
(Peanut dissector)
This drain is used to restore an airtight pleural cavity and maintain negative pressure.
What is a chest tube?
This dressing is used to immobilize a body area or support soft tissue.
What is a rigid support dressing?
(Cast or splint)
Casting material can be plaster of paris or fiberglass